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IRegulations for tbe 
Louisiana purchase Erposition 
m 1903 



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fjunbre&tb Bnntversars of tbe I>urcba6e of tbe Xoufsiana Uerrltors bg tbe 
innite:) States b:e Ibol&in^ an International Sibibition of Hrts, 1In^ustr(ee, 
flDanufactures, anb tbe probucts of tbe Soil, flDine, JForest, an6 Sea in tbe Cits 
of Saint louis, in tbe State of /Diesouri." 



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oavERNMENT PRINTINQ OFFICE, 

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IAN 25 1805 
D. of D. 



REGUIvAXIONS 



FOR THE 



LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION OF 1903. 



Adopted under and in pursuance of an act of the Congress of the 
United States, entitled: 

An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase 
of the Louisiana Territory by the United States, by holding an international exhi- 
bition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, 
and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri. 

Approved March 3, 1901, a copy of which said act is hereunto attached. 

As provided by law, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be held 
in the city of Saint Louis, State of Missouri, United States of America, 
and will be opened on the 30th day of April, A. D, 1903, and will be closed 
on the ist day of December of that year. 

The exposition will embrace an exhibition of arts, industries, manu- 
factures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea. It will be held 
to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana 
Territory by the United States from France. 

The exposition will be international in character, as contemplated by 
section 9 of the act of Congress, which reads as follows : 

That whenever the President of the United States shall be notified by the 
national commission that provision has been made for grounds and buildings for 
the uses herein provided for, he shall be authorized to make proclamation of the 
same, through the Department of State, setting forth the time at which said expo- 
sition will be held, and the purpose thereof; and he shall communicate to the 
diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies thereof, together with such reg- 
ulations as may be adopted by the commission, for publication in their respective 
countries; and he shall, in behalf of the Government and the people, invite foreign 
nations to take part in the said exposition and to appoint representatives thereto. 

Rules and regulations have been adopted by the National Commission, 
to be communicated to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations for 
publication in their respective countries, as follows: 

Article i. All communications relating to the exposition should be addressed 
to Hon. David R. Francis, President of the Exposition Company, Saint Louis, United 
States of America. 

Article 2. All applications for space for buildings must be filed with the 
company on or before July i, 1902. 



Article 3. Applications for space for exhibits in the buildings of the exposi- 
tion company must be filed on or before the respective dates following, to wit: 

(a) For machinery and mechanical appliances intended for exhibition, in 
operation, October i, 1902. 

{d) For machinery and mechanical appliances not intended for exhibition, in 
operation, November i, 1902. 

(c) For works of art, natural and manufactured products, and all productions 
not herein expressly classified, December i, 1902. 

Article 4. Applications for special concessions to individuals, associations, 
or corporations, December i, 1902. All applications must be in writing, and should 
be presented on forms which will be furnished by the exposition company. 

Article 5. No charge will be made for space allotted for buildings or exhibits 
of foreign governments. Allotments of space to exhibitors from countries whose 
governments have appointed commissioners to the exposition will be made by or 
through such commissioners. 

Article 6. No exhibit shall be removed in whole or in part until the close of 
the exposition. Immediately after the close of the exposition, exhibitors shall 
remove their effects and complete such removal before January i, 1904. 

Article 7. Exhibits from foreign countries will be admitted free of customs 
duties, as provided in the law and the regulations of the Treasury Department. 

Article 8. The Exposition Company may, from time to time, with the approval 
of the National Commission, promulgate a classification and such additional rules 
and regulations, not in conflict with the law or regulations herein announced, as 
may be necessary to facilitate the success of the exposition and to serve the interests 
of exhibitors. 

Adopted. 

Thomas H. Carter, 

Preside7it Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission. 
Attest: 

Joseph Flory, 

Secretary. 



[Public No. 169.] 

An Act To provide for celebrating the one hundreth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana 
territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manu- 
factures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the 
State of Missouri. 

Whereas it is fit and appropriate that the one hundreth anniversary of the pur- 
chase of the Louisiana territory be commemorated by an exhibition of 
the resources of the territory, their development, and of the progress of the 
civilization therein ; and 
Whereas such an exhibition should be of a national and international character, so 
that not only the people of that territory, but of our Union, and of all nations 
as well, can participate, and should therefore have the sanction of the Congress 
of the United States: Therefore, 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repj-esentatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, That an exhibit of arts, industries, manufactures, and 
products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea shall be inaugurated in the year nineteen 
hundred and three, in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, as herein 
provided. 

Sec. 2. That a nonpartisan commission is hereby constituted, to consist of nine 
commissioners, to be known and designated as the "Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Commission," who shall be appointed, within thirty days from the passage of this 
Act, by the President of the United States, and who shall also be subject to 
removal by him. Vacancies in said commission to be filled in the same manner as 
original appointments. 

Sec. 3. That the commissioners so appointed shall be called together by the 
Secretary of State of the United States, in the city of Saint Louis, by notice to 
the commissioners, as soon as convenient after the appointment of said commis- 
sioners, and within thirty days thereafter. The said commissioners, at said first 
meeting, shall organize by the election of their officers, and they may then, or 
thereafter, appoint such executive or other committees as may be deemed expedient, 
and a secretary at a salary of three thousand dollars per annum ; that in addition to 
the salary of the secretary of said commission there is hereby allowed, out of any 
money appropriated to aid in carrying forward said exposition, the sum of ten 
thousand dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the 
purpose of defraying the clerical, office, and other necessary expenses of said 
commission. 

Sec. 4. That said commission, when fully organized under the provisions of 
this Act, shall appoint two of their number to act in conjunction with a like number 
appointed by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, to constitute a board 
of arbitration, to whom all matters of difference arising between said commission 
and said company, concerning the administration, management, or general super- 
vision of said exposition, including all matters of difference arising out of the power 
given by this Act to the said company or to the said national commission to modify 
or approve any act of the other of the two bodies, shall be referred for determina- 
tion; and in the case of the failure of said board of arbitration to agree upon such 
matters as may be so referred, said board of arbitration shall appoint a fifth member 
thereof; and in case of the failure of the said board to agree upon a fifth mem- 
ber, such fifth member shall then be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
And the decision of said board shall be final in all matters presented to it for 
consideration and determination. 

Sec. 5. That said commission be empowered, in its discretion, to accept, for 
the purposes of the exposition herein authorized, such site as may be selected and 

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offered, and such plans and specifications of buildings for such purpose at the 
expense of and tendered by the corporation organized under the laws of the State 
of Missouri, known as "The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company." 

Sec. 6. That the allotment of space for exhibitors, classification of exhibits, 
plan and scope of the exposition, the appointment of all judges and examiners for 
the exposition, and the awarding of premiums, if any, shall all be done and per- 
formed by the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, subject, however, to 
the approval of the commission created by section two of this Act; and said com- 
mission is hereby authorized to appoint a board of lady managers, of such number 
and to perform such duties as maybe prescribed by said commission, subject, how- 
ever, to the approval of said company. Said board of lady managers may, in the 
discretion of said commission and corporation, appoint one member of all com- 
mittees authorized to award prizes for such exhibits as may have been produced in 
whole or in part by female labor. 

Sec. 7. That after the plans for said exposition shall be prepared by said com- 
pany and approved by said commission the rules and regulations of said corpora- 
tion governing rates for entrance and admission fees, or otherwise affecting the 
rights, privileges, or interests of the exhibitors, or of the public, shall be fixed or 
established by said company, subject, however, to the modification or approval of 
said commission. 

Sec. 8. That said commission shall provide for the dedication of the buildings 
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in said city of Saint Louis, not later than the 
thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and three, with appropriate ceremonies, 
and thereafter said exposition shall be opened to visitors at such time as may be 
designated by said company, subject to the approval of said commission, not later 
than the first day of May, nineteen hundred and three, and shall be closed at such 
time as the national commission may determine, subject to the approval of said 
company, but not later than the first day of December thereafter. 

Sec. 9. That whenever the President of the United States shall be notified by 
the national commission that provision has been made for grounds and buildings 
for the uses herein provided for, he shall be authorized to make proclamation of the 
same, through the Department of State, setting forth the time at which said expo- 
sition will be held, and the purpose thereof; and he shall communicate to the 
diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies thereof, together with such 
regulations as may be adopted by the commission, for publication in their respective 
countries; and he shall, in behalf of the Government and the people, invite foreign 
nations to take part in the said exposition and to appoint representatives thereto. 

Sec. 10. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for 
the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff 
or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, 
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall 
be lawful at any time during the exposition to sell, for delivery at the close thereof, 
any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition 
buildings or on the grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the rev- 
enue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption 
in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles 
by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed 
by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the person 
who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal. 

Sec. II. That it shall be the duty of the national commission to make reports 
monthly to the President of the United States, showing receipts and disbursements 
and giving a general summary of the financial condition of said exposition, and a 
final report within six months after the close of the exposition, presenting the results 
and a full exhibit thereof. 

Sec. 12. That the national commission hereby authorized shall cease to exist 
on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and five. 



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Sec. 13. That the United States shall not in any manner nor under any cir- 
cumstances be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, or representations of 
the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, its officers, agents, or employees 
or any of them, or for the service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, 
servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, 
or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued 
by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind whatever 
attending such corporation or accruing by reason of the same. 

Sec. 14. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Government 
of the United States from its Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, 
the National Museum, the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, and 
the Department of Labor such articles and material as illustrate the function and 
administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace and its resources as a 
war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our institutions and their adapta- 
tion to the wants of the people ; and the Bureau of the American Republics is hereby 
invited to make an exhibit illustrating the resources and international relations of 
the American Republics, and space in the United States Government building shall 
be provided for the purpose of said exhibit; and to secure a complete and harmo- 
nious arrangement of such Government exhibit a board, to be known as the United 
States Government board, shall be created, independent of the commission herein- 
before provided, to be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation, transporta- 
tion, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of such articles 
and material as the heads of the several Executive Departments, the Secretary of 
the Smithsonian Institution, the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, the Commis- 
sioner of Labor, and the Director of the Bureau of the American Republics may, 
respectively, decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President 
may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall be composed 
of one person to be named by the head of each Executive Department, one by the 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, one by the Commissioner of Fish and 
Fisheries, one by the Commissioner of Labor, and one by the Director of the Bureau 
of American Republics. The President shall name one of said persons so detailed 
as chairman, and the board itself shall appoint its secretary, disbursing officer, and 
such other officers as it may deem necessar}'. The members of said board of man- 
agement, with other officers and employees of the Government who may be detailed 
to assist them, including officers of the Army and Navj'', shall receive no compensa- 
tion in addition to their regular salaries, but they shall be allowed their actual and 
necessary traveling expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsistence, to be 
fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, while necessarily absent from their homes 
engaged upon the business of the board. Officers of the Army and Navy shall 
receive this allowance in lieu of the transportation and mileage now allowed by law. 
Any provision of law which may prohibit the detail of persons in the employ of the 
United States to other service than that which they customarily perform shall not 
apply to persons detailed for duty in connection with the said Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition. Employees of the board not otherwise emploj^ed by the Government 
shall be entitled to such compensation as the board may determine. The disbursing 
officer shall give bond in the sum of thirty thousand dollars for the faithful per- 
formance of his duties, said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall advance to said officer from time to time, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money 
from the appropriation hereafter to be made for the Government exhibit, not exceed- 
ing at any one time the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay the expenses of 
exhibits as authorized by the board of management herein created. 

Sec. 15. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed 
to place on exhibition, in connection with the exhibit of his Department, upon such 
grounds as shall be allotted for the purpose, one of the life-saving stations author- 
ized to be constructed on the coast of the United States by existing law, and to 
cause the same to be fully equipped with all apparatus, furniture, and appliances 
now in use in all life-saving stations in the United States. 



Sec. 1 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable building or 
buildings to be erected on the site selected for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
for the Government exhibits, as provided in this Act, and he is hereby authorized 
and directed to contract therefor in the same manner and under the same regula- 
tions as for other public buildings of the United States; but the contracts for said 
building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars, which sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense 
of erecting said Government building or buildings hereby authorized. The Secre- 
tary of the Treasury shall cause the said building or buildings to be constructed 
from plans to be approved by said Government board; and he is authorized and 
required to dispose of such building or buildings, or the material composing the 
same, at the close of the exposition, giving preference to the city of Saint Louis or 
to the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company to purchase the same at an 
appraised value, to be ascertained in such manner as he may determine. 

Sec. 17. That the commissioners appointed by the President under the author- 
ity of this Act shall receive as compensation for their services and expenses the sum 
of five thousand dollars each per annum, the same to be paid by the Secretary of 
the Treasury and deducted from any money appropriated for said exposition. 

Sec. 18. That no member of said commission or of said Government board, 
whether an officer or otherwise, shall be personally liable for any debt or obligation 
which may be created or incurred by the said commission or by the said United 
States Government board herein authorized. 

Sec. 19. That whereas the Secretary of the Treasury has certified, under date 
of February sixth, nineteen hundred and one, that the Louisiana Purchase Expo- 
sition Company has presented to him proof to his satisfaction that it has raised ten 
million dollars for and on account of inaugurating and carrying forward an exposi- 
tion at the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, in the year nineteen hundred and three, 
to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Terri- 
tory; therefore there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, the sum of five million dollars, to aid in carrying forward 
such exposition, to pay the salaries of the members and secretary of the national 
commission herein authoriz'ed, and such other necessary expenses as may be incurred 
by said commission in the discharge of its duties in connection with said exposition, 
and to discharge all other obligations incurred by the Government on account of said 
exposition, except for the erection of its own buildings and the making and care of 
its own exhibits at said exposition. That the money hereby appropriated shall be 
disbursed under the direction of the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company 
under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and 
upon vouchers to be approved by him : Provided^ That, except for the payment of 
the salaries and expenses of the national commission, no part of said appropriation 
shall become available until the sum of ten million dollars shall have been expended 
by said company on account of said exposition to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
of the Treasury: Provided further^ That all sums expended by the Government on 
account of said exposition, including the salaries and expenses of said national com- 
mission, except for the erection of its own buildings and the making and care of its 
own exhibits at said exposition, shall be limited to and paid out of the appropriation 
of five million dollars herein provided for such purpose. 

Sec. 20. That there shall be repaid into the Treasury of the United States the 
same proportionate amount of the aid given by the United States as shall be repaid 
to either the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company or the city of Saint Louis: 
Provided^ That this section shall not be taken or construed to give the United States 
a right to share in the proceeds of said exposition beyond the actual amount 
appropriated to aid in carrying forward said exposition. 

Sec. 21. That any bank or trust company located in the city of Saint Louis, 
or State of Missouri, may be designated by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company to conduct a banking office upon the exposition grounds, and if the bank 
so designated shall be a national bank, upon such designation being approved by 



the Comptroller of the Currency, said national bank is hereby authorized to open 
and conduct such oflBce as a branch of the bank, subject to the same restrictions and 
having the same rights as the bank to which it belongs: Provided, That the branch 
office authorized hereby, if the same shall be a branch of a national bank, shall not 
be operated for a period longer than two years, beginning not earlier than July first, 
nineteen hundred and two, and closing not later than July first, nineteen hundred 
and four. 

Sec. 22. That no citizen of any foreign country shall be held liable for the 
infringement of any patent granted by the United States, or of any trade-mark or 
label registered in the United States, where the act complained of is or shall be 
performed in connection with the exhibition of any article or thing at the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition. 

Sec. 23. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized, at his 
discretion, to detail for special duty, in connection with the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition, such officers of the Army as may be required, to report to the general 
commanding the Department of Missouri; and the officers thus detailed shall not 
be subject to loss of pay or rank on account of such detail, nor shall any officer or 
employee of the United States receive additional pay or compensation because of 
services connected with the said exposition from the United States or from said 
exposition. 

Sec. 24. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create any 
liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, 
nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of 
the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by 
said commission. 

Sec. 25. That as a condition precedent to the payment of this appropriation 
the directors shall contract to close the gates to visitors on Sundays during the 
whole duration of the fair. 

Approved, March 3, 1901. 



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